install Jekyll on MacOS Big Sur
Don’t use the THIS for ruby. Go to step 2 first!#
The instructions provided at the jekyll site did not work for me on MacOS (and many others do not recommend it). It is not the correct way. DO NOT USE THESE:
I can’t even begin to say how hard it has been to correct the issues this caused on my machine.
One has to be a Ruby scientist to know how to correct it. A bit frustrating and time consuming to say the least.
USE THIS#
Install Ruby separately#
MacOS comes with Ruby installed. Do not use that.
Overview#
brew install ruby
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
- There are clear instructions to walk you through it. Shout out to Chris Tobolski for putting this together. Install Ruby
PATH issues#
- You need to open ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile and look for anything modifying your PATH. We don’t have visibility into those files, but they are where most modifications will occur.